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Faculty & Staff

Yes, Black History Month is Relevant

In various quarters of the nation, people will engage in various celebrations and acknowledgments of the history of people of African descent.

February 14, 2016

Faculty & Staff

NMSU Settles Class Action Lawsuit Over Family Leave

LAS CRUCES, N.M. ― New Mexico State University has agreed to pay more than $700,000 to settle a lawsuit accusing the university of denying or discouraging faculty members from taking time off for family leave. The Las Cruces Sun-News reports that about 50 current or former nine-month faculty members who had a newborn, adopted a […]

February 11, 2016

Students

ANNE EHRLICH

ANNE EHRLICH has been appointed vice president for student development at Knox College. She is dean of students at Woodbury University in California. Ehrlich received a bachelor’s from the University of California, San Diego, a master’s from the University of Michigan and a doctorate from the University of California, Los Angeles.

February 11, 2016

Faculty & Staff

GLADIS KERSAINT

GLADIS KERSAINT has been appointed dean of the Neag School of Education at the University of Connecticut, effective in July. She is associate dean of the College of Education and a professor at the University of South Florida. Kersaint holds a bachelor’s and a master’s from the University of Miami, and a doctorate from Illinois State University.

February 11, 2016

Students

Skidmore College’s Wiley Embraces Being ‘Professor of Place’

Dr. Amber N. Wiley, a 2016 Diverse Emerging Scholar, says travel experiences ignited her interest in architecture.

February 10, 2016

Faculty & Staff

Passing On Our History to the Next Generation

There are some compelling questions to be asked regarding Black History Month as we know it now.

February 10, 2016

Faculty & Staff

Wheaton College to Name Scholarship After Ex-professor Larycia Hawkins

CHICAGO ― A suburban Chicago Christian college will create a scholarship named for a former political science professor who asserted Christians and Muslims worship the same God. The Daily Herald reports that Wheaton College officials made the announcement Wednesday in Chicago with Larycia Hawkins. The school was moving to fire her until it announced Saturday […]

February 10, 2016

Students

Chancellor: Cash-strapped UC Berkeley Faces Tough Decisions

BERKELEY, Calif. ― The University of California, Berkeley, is running a $150 million deficit this year and must undertake a top-to-bottom review of expenses if it hopes to sustain its national standing as a premier public institution, the school’s chancellor warned Wednesday. The university faces difficult decisions as it works to preserve its long-term financial […]

February 10, 2016

Students

2 College Faculty Fired in Scandal Over Freshmen Retention

By Associated Press A plan to identify freshmen most likely to fail has erupted into a scandal, faculty firings and a demotion at Mount St. Mary’s University after the Catholic school’s president reportedly likened the students to baby rabbits that should be killed. President Simon Newman is a former financial-industry executive hired in 2014 to […]

February 9, 2016

Faculty & Staff

Dr. Nina Mahmoudian: A ‘Pioneer’ in Underwater Robotics

Dr. Nina Mahmoudian—a 2016 Diverse Emerging Scholar—has applied her knowledge about flight in the atmosphere or outer space to the underwater world, designing better unmanned vehicles that take water samples or search the floors of oceans and lakes.

February 9, 2016

Students

Getting Published While Black

Minority journals are legitimate and must be valued in the recruitment, retention, and promotion/tenure process.

February 8, 2016

Students

The Relevance of HBCUs Tied to Healing

The relevance of HBCUs is tied to a legacy of compensating for a system of education that too often fails to provide students of color with the skills required to succeed in higher education.

February 7, 2016